section_4_notes.txt

Section 4 - WDIO

WDIO configuration allows you to intergrate test, add web hooks, trigger selenium-standalone 
server without having to invoke it, handle different browsers and even generate reports.  

More information about WDIO files's goto:  https://webdriver.io/docs/clioptions.html

1.  Use gitbash to open your project folder.

2.  Type 'ls node_ modules/.bin/', check to see if the WDIO folder exist

3.  Start the WDIO configuration helper by typing './node_modules/.bin/wdio'

$ ./node_modules/.bin/wdio

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WDIO Configuration Helper
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? Where do you want to execute your tests? On my local machine
? Which framework do you want to use? mocha
? Shall I install the framework adapter for you? Yes
? Where are your test specs located? ./tests/**/*.js
? Which reporter do you want to use?
? Do you want to add a service to your test setup?
? Level of logging verbosity silent
? In which directory should screenshots gets saved if a command fails? ./errorS
hots/
? What is the base url? (http://localhost) www.webdriveruniveristy.com

Installing wdio packages:

Packages installed successfully, creating configuration file...

Configuration file was created successfully!
To run your tests, execute:

$ wdio wdio.conf.js

**note: if selenium-standalone complains about port 4444 being busy, from the command line, 
run 'netstat -ano | findstr:4444', then run 'taskkill /PID[*number*] /F

4. Using your text editor, open wdio configuration file located in the WebdriverIOFramework folder, under 
capabilities, change the default browser from firefox to Chrome.

5.  Create a folder at the root level of the project called test.  Drop the current test created in 
the previous section in the folder.

6.  Now type './node_modules/.bin/wdio'.  All the test placed in the folder will execute with no text.

7. Goto the test folder and open up 'contactUsTest.js'

8. Remove:  var webdriverio = require('webdriverio');
            var options = { desiredCapabilities: { browserName: 'chrome' } };
            var client = webdriverio.remote(options);
            client.init()
            .end()
(WDIO confg file will handle the code we removed)

9.  Now add 'browser' to the top of he code on 'contactUsTest.js'

10.  Repeat steps 7-9 for loginPortalTest.js

11.  Type './node_modules/.bin/wdio' to test the changes made.